Ken,
I'm leaving Maine within the hour headed for Florida. Probably won't stay all winter - I'd miss the snow, wind & sub-zero temps too much.  Warm winters are such a foreign concept to me. 
Actually I'm visiting my father & hope to be back in Maine in a month or so. 

Perhaps I'll see you along the way.

Dake
Sent from Wu-Wei on the road

On Sep 14, 2013, at 11:30, David Bjorkman <ddbjorkman@VERIZON.NET> wrote:

>  
>  Oh No, Ken, don't leave, I need some parts.  
> Oh well, abandoned in the Northeast again.  Just wait 'til summer, then you'll be sorry you left the wonderful (?) and varied change of seasons we have up here:-).  Especially in the winter when we need work and do not want to climb under our frozen slush covered undercarriage.
>  
> Dave B.
>  
> On 09/14/13, kenneth wilford (Van-Again)<kenwilfy@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>  
> I am super busy here in NJ working on Vanagons and Westies for customers.
> However the dreaded winter is coming and even though I have a heated shop,
> etc. I really would like to go somewhere that is nice and warm outside
> during the winter months, yet still help customers and work on Vanagons for
> them. I had been tossing this idea around in my mind for a few days and
> trying to figure out how it could happen when I got a call from a customer
> in Hawaii. He tells me that in Oahu that there are tons of Vanagons and
> only one trusted mechanic that can work on them. He is super booked up
> (sounds familiar) so the customer suggested I could come out there and be
> as busy as I would want to be repairing vans. Of course it is never that
> simple. I have a wife and four kids so I would need air fare and also a
> place to stay while I am there and a shop to work out of or use as a home
> base.
> 
> I am also thinking that Florida might be a good choice for this idea since
> all of the motorhomes go south for the winter.
> 
> I am just putting this idea out there. Anyone on the list give me a way to
> make my dream of a "no winter", winter actually come to pass?
> 
> --
> Thanks,
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
> www.vanagain.com